Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-05-07

Dime ana the establishment In Will, h
he employees do about rs they CHOOSE,
IS the difference between success ana
failure between rapid accumulation
md utter %bankrup cy. Do not com,
! to the store ten minutes after the time.
Be there within two seconds after. Do
lot think anything too Insignificant TO
10 well. Do not say: Its only just
,nce.' From the most important tran
section in commerce down to the par
ocular style in which you tie a string
around = bundle, obey orders. Do not
get easily Disguised. While others il
the store may lounge, or fret, or COM
plain. you 90 with ready hands and
cheerful face and coDtented spirit TO
your work. When the bugle sounds.
the good soldier asks no questions, but
shoulders his hnapsack, fills his can
reen and listens for the command Of
March !" DO not get the idea that
your interests aud those of your EN-
ployer are antagonlstic. His success
will be your honor. HIS embarrass-
ment will be your dismay. Expose
none of the f~railtics of the firm. Tell
no store secrets.
DC NOT BLAB.
Rebuff those persons who come to
find out from clerks what ought lever
be known outside the store. Do not
be among those young men who take
on a mysterious air when something is
said against the firm that employs
them, as much as to say: II coulG tell
you some things If l would, but /
won't" Do not be among those who
imagine they can build themselves up
by pulling somebody else down. DO
not be ashamed TO be Il subaltern.
Again: | counsel clerks in this house
and dishonest demands of an estab-
listrment, and resist them. In the six
thousand years that have passed, there
has never been an occasion when it
was ones duty to sin against God.
1t is
NEVER RIGHT TO DO WRONG.
II the head men of the firm expect OF
You dishonesty, disappoint them.
''Oh," you say, Il should lose
my place then Better lose
YOUR place than lose your soul.
But you viii not lose your place.
Christian heroism IS always honored.
You 60 t. the head man of your store,
and say: '.Sir, | want to serve you;
| want to oblige you; it is from 10 lack
of industry on my part, but this thing
seems to me to be wrong, and it IS 4
sin against my conscience, it is = sin
against God, and l beg YOU. sir, to ex-
cuse me-" He may flush up and
swear, but he will cool down, and he
will have more admiration for o than
for those who submit to his evil dicta-
ton; and while they sink, you will rise.
Do not, because Of seeming temporary
advantage, give up Your character,
young man. Under God. that is the
only thing your have to build on. Give
up that, you give up everything. That
employer asks n young man TO hurt
himself for time and eternity, who cx,
poets him to make a wrong entry, or
change An invoice, or say goods cost sc
much when they cost less; or impose
upon the verdancy of Il customer. OF
misrepresent a style of fabric. How
dare he demand of you anything sc
insolent?
There is one style OF temptation tina,
comes on a great many OF our clerks,
and that is upon those who are engag,
ed in what is called ..drummiDg.'
Now, that occupation is just as honor.
able AS any other, if it be conduct.
this day, when there are SO many
RIvALRIEs IN BUSINESS,
all our commercial establishment.
ought to have men abroad who are
seeking out for opportunities Of mer
chaniise. There a be no objection
to that. But there are professed
Christian merchants in the week-nighl
PRAYER meeting who have clerks abroad
in New York. conducting merchants OF
Cincinnati. and Chicago. and st. Louis,
through the ~debaucheries Of the great
town, in order to secure their custom
for the store. There are in stores in
New York and Brooklyn. drawers in
which there are kept moneys which
the clerks are to 20 to and get what
ever they wan to conduct these people
through the designations Of The
city. The head men OF the firm wink
at it, and in some places actually de-
mand lt--profess.d Christian merchants.
OGe would think that the prayer would
freeze on their lips, and they would fall
back dead at the sound Of their own
song. What chance is there for young
men when commercial establishments
expect such things of themp Among
all things internal, | pronounce that
the most damnable. Young man. how
will that firm treat you when you are
utterly despoiled. and dragged out with
sin. going through the
HAUNTS OF INIQUfTY
for the purpose Of getting customers
for their storep How will they treat
YOU? O, they will give you a pension
They will build you II fine house =! Will
give you a horse and carriage! VIII
theyP No. Some day you will 90 to
the store shabby, intoxicated. worn out
in their service, and they
will say: John, you are
a disgrace to our house. Now,
hAx.